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The fit and finish on my wife's top of the line Expedition looks a lot better than my top of the line Maverick. Another opening is another place where cheap labor practices can screw it up.

Meh. I'm still not a fan of it. I hope it is only an option and not standard.

Which patent is the second image from?

It's easier to tell the difference in traffic, so I can annoy my wife by pointing them out. Why else?

Forget your patent searches and get previews of generic truck diagrams to determine how the Fathom will look. Let's look at what really matters. Ford has invented the whole-car booty-shaker system for EV audio systems. That is all. US Patent 12,741,589.

Here's the bigger question. In America, we call it a trunk. Since the trunk is now in the front, we call it a "frunk." In Britain, they call it a boot. Since the boot is now in the front, do they call it a "froot"? 🤔

Keep in mind that patents are not designed to be overly detailed. They only need to be detailed enough to get the point across. Also keep in mind that a patent does not equal a planned feature. It can, but it is never a guarantee. It simply allows Ford to charge a license fee if GM releases the...

I asked Grok to draw based on what has already been publicly shared, including this new patent:

One image looks like you can run a Kurig. Interesting they are using the split gate they put on the Expedition. Only question I have now is will Ford use two colors like they annoyingly do on said Expedition. I think item V is just another generic vehicle. Ford is showing that if you want the...

Using my current driving habits, I will let it discharge to about 20% before plugging it into a 110V charger. As I work from home, I really don't care if it takes a day and a half to charge. If I'm planning to travel with it, then I'll let it get to 100% in advance. In principle, I tend not to...

Debugging steps I tell my team: Rule out operator error. Rule out tester error. Rule out developer error. When in doubt, reboot.

This is interesting. Ford has a point: it is easier for Apple to build good operating system software because they control all of the hardware. By comparison, Microsoft has to build Windows to support all kinds of hardware. Bringing all the hardware in-house will make it much easier to provide...

I'm actually an IT project manager and have a team of roughly 25 software developers in six states and Puerto Rico. I'm well aware of the SLDC process. We recently had to fix a defect from 2008 that didn't become visible until a month ago, when a user did something no one expected them to try...

That is one example of the 500,000+ Mavericks sold. Even Tesla has to provide regular software updates to fix things.

Farley and Musk have a decent relationship. I would be surprised if the port in the Fathom isn't what Tesla implements in theirs. A few years ago, Ford recognized that Tesla had won the charging standard war.

No idea at this stage, but that was an incentive added to get you to buy an EV as the market softened. If they get a ton of early orders, then why bother?

As for whether there will be a first edition, who knows at this point. I didn't care for the striping on the first edition Maverick but I was able to get the first edition wheels on my 2023 Maverick. If they release one, it'll be interesting to see what makes it stand out.

The first batch will be the auto show and media review batch. Demo units are likely to be in short supply depending on initial demand.

There are multiple levels of "if" with this one. I'm sure these podcasters know the battery market, but how Ford will react is a secret to Ford. I highly doubt these guys know something that Ford didn't already know.

So, it's an EV Maverick... as advertised. Looks like it might be a touch beefier.